Clothesline holder



Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,065

' A. L. LE BARON CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Ti 8 INVELIJ EF j maze/W ATT RN Y?- Patented Jan. 3, 19218.

UNITED STATES PATENT'OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. LE BARON, OF I'TEWTQNVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SILVER LAKE COMPANY, OF NEVZTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHTI- CLOTI-IESLINE HOLDER.

Application filed March 5, 1926.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in holders for clothes lines, or the like. is intended for use as a holder onto which the'line is to be wound up when not in use and is especially intended for clothes lines, although it is adapted for other irinds of lines.

g in winding up the lines by hand on holders commonly used, it is ditiicult to avoid Ki forming a twist in the line and when it is unwound from the holder it is diiiicult on account of the twist to prevent kinks being formed in the line. To avoid forming the kinks the line should be unwound in exactly the reverse order from that in which itwas wound up so that it there is any twist it will be untwisted as fast as it is unwound and when complete y unwound it will be free from any twist.

The object of the present invention is to provide a holder of simple and convenient form of construction which will enable the user to be certain of holding the device in such manner as to avoid the forming of lrinks as already described.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close 0 5 this specification.

In the drawings:

l a perspective view of a device embodying the invention showing a line partly wound thereon and showing how it should be held in the operation of winding or unwinding.

Fig. 2 a plan view of the device shown in 1. V

3 is a side edge view looking from the lower edge of Fig. 2.

Fig. st is a section on line 4-4:, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings:

There is shown at A. a device embodying the invention and at B a cord or line being wound upon the holder. Preferably, the holder is stamped out of sheet metal or other suitable sheet material having sufficient stiiiness and the same time being of lightweight. may, however, be formed of either metal, wood, hard fibre composition or any other suitable material, and it Serial No. 92,442.

may be shaped by any suitable means, the material or the method of forming the same not bein essential to the invention The holder is preferably oblong and isof flattish form like a plate, the term plate being used in a broad sense to distinguish it from spool form. It is formed with a recess or wide groove 8 at each end between two longitudinally extending spaced horns or fingers 1, 2, which prevent the line from slipping ofi the holder edgewise when it is wound up.

If it is stamped out of sheet metal or other sheet material, the edges are preferably turned over all around the margin, as shown at 3, both for the purpose of avoiding a sharp edge which would cut the line and the fingers as well as to stiffen and strengthen the holder.

Preferably also, when stamped out, it is formed with a longitudinal rib 4 to increase the stiffness. This rib is preferably located in alinement with the inner edge 10 of the iorns 1, 1, at opposite ends of the plate so that the rib will lie at one side of that portion of the face of the plate which overlies the line B when it is wound up, as shown in Fig. 1. On at least one side of the space provided for the winding, tl e plate is widened out to provide a space 5 for a hand hold during the winding and unwinding. As shown in the drawings, this lateral extension is formed with a somewhat arcuato outer edge. The line may, therefore, occupy the full width of the groove 8 in the ends of the holder. This leaves a suliicient clearance midway between the ends to serve as a hand hold without unnecessarily widening it at the ends.

Preferably, there is provided a thumb hole 7 to enable the device to be more conveniently held durin the operation of winding or unwinding By being careful to always hold the device with the same edge uppermost and th same side facing the body, the user will be sure to hold the reel with the same face inward and in the same position end to end and with the same edge uppermost both in winding and unwinding. If this rule is followed, the line may be easily unwound without forming any kinks, the twist, it

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any, which was given to the line during the winding up coming out as fast as it is unwound.

It is immaterial whether the device is held with the outwardly extending edge (5 uppermost or lowermost, provided care is taken to hold it in the same position in un winding as in winding.

It is immaterial whether the lower edge 9 is concave, straight or convex so far as the operation is concerned, but by constructing the device in the form shown, that is, with the lower edge concave to correspond to the convex upper edge, the device as a whole may be made of the same width throughout and the extra space required for the hand hold on one side may be oil's-t by the lesser space on the other side, thus saving in the amount of stock required in the manufacture of the holder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 7 V

1. A holder for a clothes line or the like consisting of a plate stamped out of sheet material, said plate having two spaced extensions at each end to form wide grooves to receive the windings of the line, the plate having intermediate its ends a portion whose edge extends laterally outward beyond that portion which is in alinelnent with the grooves to form a hand hold, the peripheral edges of the plate being turned to form a lip. p

2. A holder for a clothes line or the like consisting of a plate stamped out of sheet material, said plate having two spaced extensions at each end to form wide grooves to receive the windings 'ot the line, the plate having intermediate its ends a portion whose edge extends laterally outward beyond that portion which is in alinement with the grooves to form a hand hold, the plate being formed with a longitudinal rib between the space for the line and the laterallyextending hand hold portion.

3. A holder for a clothes line or the like consisting of a plate stamped out of sheet material, said plate having two spaced extensions at each end to form wide grooves to receive the windings of theline, the plate having intermediate its ends a portion whose edge extends laterally outward beyond that portion which is in a-linement' with the grooves to form a hand hold, the plate being formed with a longitudinal rib between the space for the line and the laterally extend ing hand hold portion, the said hand hold portion being formed with. a finger hole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARTHUR L. LE BARON. 

